Dollar  Savings by Riding Your KLR250

Use these tables to determine how much you can save per year 
by using your KLR250 for commuting to school or work.

For example: you are running a truck and getting 19 MPG and your commute is 20 miles round trip, if you rode the KLR only 50% of the time you will save $277 a year with gas at $3.50 per gallon, $316 a year with gas at $4.00 a gallon, and $356 with gas at $4.50 a gallon. 

Commuting Fuel Cost per Year

Assume: 220 trips per year

Gas @ this cost per gallon

$3.50

$4.00

$4.50

Miles/Day (Round Trip)

10

20

30

10

20

30

10

20

30

Vehicle

MPG

KLR250

60

$128

$257

$385

$147

$293

$440

$165

$330

$495

SUV (mid size)

16

$481

$963

$1,444

$550

$1,100

$1,650

$619

$1,238

$1,856

Pickup Truck

19

$405

$811

$1,216

$463

$926

$1,389

$521

$1,042

$1,563

Mini Van

22

$350

$700

$1,050

$400

$800

$1,200

$450

$900

$1,350

Car (mid size)

26

$296

$592

$888

$338

$677

$1,015

$381

$762

$1,142

Compact Car

30

$257

$513

$770

$293

$587

$880

$330

$660

$990

Savings per year driving the KLR 75% of the time

SUV (mid size)

16

$265

$529

$794

$303

$605

$908

$340

$681

$1,021

Pickup Truck

19

$208

$415

$623

$237

$475

$712

$267

$534

$801

Mini Van

22

$166

$333

$499

$190

$380

$570

$214

$428

$641

Car (mid size)

26

$126

$252

$378

$144

$288

$432

$162

$324

$485

Compact Car

30

$96

$193

$289

$110

$220

$330

$124

$248

$371

Savings per year driving the KLR 50% of the time

SUV (mid size)

16

$176

$353

$529

$202

$403

$605

$227

$454

$681

Pickup Truck

19

$138

$277

$415

$158

$316

$475

$178

$356

$534

Mini Van

22

$111

$222

$333

$127

$253

$380

$143

$285

$428

Car (mid size)

26

$84

$168

$252

$96

$192

$288

$108

$216

$324

Compact Car

30

$64

$128

$193

$73

$147

$220

$83

$165

$248

Savings per year driving the KLR 25% of the time

SUV (mid size)

16

$88

$176

$265

$101

$202

$303

$113

$227

$340

Pickup Truck

19

$69

$138

$208

$79

$158

$237

$89

$178

$267

Mini Van

22

$55

$111

$166

$63

$127

$190

$71

$143

$214

Car (mid size)

26

$42

$84

$126

$48

$96

$144

$54

$108

$162

Compact Car

30

$32

$64

$96

$37

$73

$110

$41

$83

$124

Calculation Basis: Savings = (Yearly Cost - (( Yearly Cost x (100 - %)) + (KLR Cost x % )))